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The 2019 Wypipo Awards: End of the Decade Edition
We’d like to welcome you to the fifth annual Wypipo Awards. After years of whining that the BET Awards, the NAACP Awards and The Root 100 are inherently racist because they are limited to black people, we created these awards. Our founder, Mr. Y.P. Pull—who made his fortune building desalinization plants that take the salt…
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Pittsburgh Steelers’ Ulysses Gilbert Pays Off Layaway for 60 Florida Families
See, Colin Kaepernick isn’t the only kindhearted, good-natured professional football player in the world. Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ulysees Gilbert III helped spread good holiday cheer when he paid off the layaway debt for 60 Florida families earlier this week. The NFL rookie returned to his Marion County hometown to bring a Christmas miracle to people…
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A Chronically Successful Decade: Dr. Dre Is the Highest-Earning Musician of the 2010s
Racking up coins? Oh, that ain’t nothin’ but a G thang for Dr. Dre. Forbes has named the 54-year-old rapper, producer, executive, entrepreneur and all-around music mogul as the highest-earning musician of the 2010s. That’s right, over the past decade Dre racked in an estimated $950 million. Of course, most of that is due to…
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Korey Wise of The Exonerated Five Hosts Christmas Toy Giveaway in His Old Harlem Neighborhood: ‘There’s Nothing Better’
Korey Wise never ceases to amaze. Living in Los Angeles, I’ve had the luxury of crossing paths with the man who’s blossomed into the unofficial ambassador of The Exonerated Five a number of times. And despite the unspeakable horrors he endured at the hands of our criminal justice system, as told by Ava Duverney’s brilliant…
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Certified Genius Nikole Hannah Jones’ 1619 Project Embodied Unity in 2019
Some years, when we say an entity (person, persons of note, or not) embodies Umoja, or unity, the first principle of Kwanzaa, it is because their actions bring together the larger black community (see Tarana Burke in 2017). Other times, it’s more about a personal manifestation of unity (see the workers of KFC in 2018).…
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Jussie Smollett Donates $10,000 to Flint Kids Program
Despite being mired in one of the biggest controversies of 2019, Jussie Smollett still seems to have a heart of gold during this holiday season. The disgraced Empire actor is showing much grace and altruism with his recent act of kindness to those in need. Smollett showed up for a surprise visit to Flint, Michigan…
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Forever First Lady Michelle Obama Reveals Family Christmas Card, Dog Paws Included
Being a class act who’s all about the family is so “becoming” to her. Forever First Lady Michelle Obama posted her family’s Christmas card and she didn’t leave any one out — not even the family’s beloved dogs. The Obama family wished everyone a happy holiday season “filled with friends, family and joy.”On Monday, Mrs.…
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Kwanzaa 101 for the Uninitiated, Self-Conscious, or Confused
Y’all, Kwanzaa is LIT. Seriously. What other uniquely African-American holiday invites you to spend seven days talking about the realest shit? People get so caught up in how it’s a made-up holiday, but come on—a holiday is a group decision. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday as a federal holiday is younger than Kwanzaa. I’m not…
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#NotAllHistorians: Some White People Are Upset That the New York Times' 1619 Project Isn’t Centered in Whiteness
“For 400 years, we have been told that black people are a problem. We are indoctrinated into this lie from the moment we take our first breath. No people have been more legislated against and studied than black Americans. That is because our very existence in our country gives lie to the exceptionality mythology of…
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In Wake of Deadly Charlottesville Protests, University of North Carolina Police Surveilled…Anti-Racism Activists
Police at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, alongside state investigators, monitored the cellphones of antiracism protesters demonstrating against the campus’ Confederate statue, “Silent Sam,” in 2017. NBC News broke the story, which comes just a week after the UNC System revealed it paid upwards of $2.5 million to a Confederate group to take the…